Indiana County Institute Delivers Lessons To 231 Teachers
The fifty second annual state teachers institute opened in Indiana on Monday drawing about 231 educators from county schools. Lectures by Dr. Ferris and Dr. Winship sparked discussion on arithmetic reform and twentieth century education as Rev. Hoak and other leaders welcomed the gathering. A concert by Roney’s Boys entertained Monday night as sessions continued with practical talks on reading, literature, and classroom standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Becan Momlay
Indiana
J.T. Stout
Institute
Raw Lewis Hay
Lunheran Church
W.N. Ferris
Big Rapids
Mich
Indi
Ana
Boston
Winship
F. J. Green
West Chester Normal School
Henry Hoak
Roney
Meadow Larks
Uex
Library Hall
Swartz Crawford
Presbyterian Church
W. Greco
de. W. N. Ferris
Erris
A. E. Winship
Henry Houk
W N. Ferris
One Killed as Powder Can Explodes at Edri Work Site
An attempt to open a powder can with a red-hot poker caused a violent explosion in a shanty at Edri along the West Penn railroad. An Italian man died instantly and four other Italians were badly burned. About $500 in savings was lost in the fire. The workers were employed at Foster coal mines of the Saltsburg Coal Company at Edri. The injured were sent to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh and prognosis is poor for at least three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edri
West Penn
Foster
Saltsburg Coal Company
Edii
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Butler Town
Abram Pringle received Judge John Grier's letter detailing Butler typhoid outbreak. Subscriptions and aid pour in from many places, Philadelphia donating a complete hospital with staff. About 1000 patients. despite nursing, deaths occur daily. All cases confined to Butler. water polluted with typhoid germs identified as cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Pringle
John Grier
Butler
Philadelphia
Sledding Party Mishap Ends With Fatal Skull Fracture
A Strongstown area sledding outing to Johnstown ended when the return sled overturned near Buffington. Mrs. George Makins sustained a skull fracture and a broken nose, and her condition is critical. The article also notes upcoming meetings and school holiday schedules for Harrisburg and the Normal school break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongstown
Johnstown
Buffington
George Makins
Aged Lady Injured Near Georgeville
Mrs. George Aul aged over eighty slipped and fell on the walk from the bars to her home near Georgeville fracturing her right thigh near the hip joint. The injury proved a great shock to her. Peter Reithmiller sold his 73 acre farm near Deckers Point to Matthew Hamilton of East Mahoniog township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Aul
Georgeville
Peter Reithmiller
Deckers Point
Matthew Hamilton
East Mahoniog Township
Deaths in district recount multiple local obituaries
Martha Blakley of West Lebanon dies suddenly while dressing. Robert McGee of Blacklick township dies after a long illness aged about 76. Francis Rittenhouse of Cherryhill township dies at 74. Michael Faithwen of South Seventh street dies at 60. Civil War veteran and G A R member. Miss Sadie Boyle of West Wheatfield township dies at 12. Woodward Leroy Bennett, 8, dies of paralysis in East Oak street. Rev G W Baker of Saltsburg dies at 82. Miss Maury L Barnes dies in Neosho Mo, missionary to Indians. Charles Geseman dies of paralysis in Blairsville area. Mrs Eve Fritz dies at 77 near Latrobe. Ebert Blose injured in Dubois coal mine fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M'Ure
Robert McGee
Blacklick Township
Charles
Kansas
Joan Garee
Blacklick
Cayrie
Yodd
G. C. Barns
Blairsville
Track laying and rail work across eastern county
Track layers push forward on the Elders Ridge branch of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line with rails laid toward Shelocta and Parkwood where work pauses for the big cut. The White's Hill tunnel near the town will miss January completion, with final finish expected in January if no delays. Across the Vintendale branch most rails are in place between Vintendale and Blacklick Station, and grading from Hinds to Possum's Glory awaiting the next month. Amateurs defeated Latrobe in basketball at Westmoreland County 33 to 20 led by Seanor and Burke. A 5 year old son of Frank Rees drowned in a post hole near Graceton, funeral at Lutheran chapel. The Indiana Amateur team vs Buffalo promises strong games. Miss Pollock to wed in Spokane, Washington. local bank appointments and openings in Wehrum. newsboys banquet on New Year’s Day. bankruptcy trustee named. Rossiter coal mines idle briefly then operable. injuries from mule fall near Blairsville. local residents traveling to East End for visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elders Ridge
Buffalo, Rochester & Bittsbury
Shelpett
Parkwood
White's Hill
Town
Sordetine
Vintendale
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Blacklick Station
Heshbon
Bells Mills
Twolick Creek
Hinds
Possum
La’robe
Personal Brevities Show Indiana Visitors at Home
Edoward Burke and Miss Mabel Cameron guests in Pittsburg with friends while many local residents host relatives during holidays. Notes of Miss Effie McHenry and Mrs. Samuel Hughes visiting kin, Dr. Gates in Lock Haven, and several Indiana travelers mark a busy week of social exchanges across town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edoward Burke
Pittsburg
J. Telford
Sh Kit
Mabel Cameron
Effie McHenry
Latrobe
Samuel Hughes
Burgettstown
W. D. Gates
Oakland Avenue
Lock Haven
D. J. Pollock
Norman
Rochester Mills
Indiana
T. J. Moore
Lima
T. 8
Clark
North Ninth Street
Johnstown
Clara Irons
Dubois
Harry Boggs
Water Street
Ellen Sutter
Carl Rudi
Munich
Bavaria
Germany
Katherine Statttmiller
Philadelphia
P.K. Stiveson
J. A. Stiveson
Wheeling
W. Va
A. F. Miller
Sanford Steele
Town
Frank Speedy
Wilkinsburg
John 2. Caldwell
Chestnut Street
William Lawson
Grapeville
G. C. Dodson
Smyrna
Dodson
T. R. Travis
Blairsville
A. C. Spicht
Waynesburg
White Township
Mary M. Calhoun
W. R. Calhoun
Harvey Marshall
William Fails
Clara
William Sweeney
Steubenville
E. B. Sweeney
B. P. Swift
Norway
Mich
J. W. Clark
Michigan
Harris Montgomery
M. By Austins
Tarentam
William Me
Lowe
Plumyville
Fatal Runaway Horse Crash in New York City
Miss Sara E. H. Thomas, of Philadelphia Street, Philadelphia, died after a horse attached to a wagon bolted into a crowd on Broadway near Thirty-fourth Street. She had been visiting friends in New York for about six weeks and was shopping when struck. Remains brought home to her parents in this place by her brother Stephen G. Thomas. Funeral held at the parental home. interment in Oakland Cemetery. Survived by parents two brothers and three sisters. Born in Green Township, long resident here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward Leroy Bennett
Michael Bennett
East Oak Street
de. A. J. Furman
Oakland Cemetery
William
Ralph
Pearl
Harry
Edward
Maury L. Barnes
Henry Barnes
Burrell Township
Neosho
Blairsville Seminary
Lydia E. Martin
Blairsville
Charles Geseman
Gussie Kelma
North Fifth Street
Germany
William Brubaker
Greenwood Cemetery
Sara EH. Thomas
John T. Thomas
Philadelphia
Broadway
Thirty-fourth Streets
New York
Miss Thomas
New York City
Stephen G. Thomas
Thomas
Green Township
Stephen G
John B
Lakewood
N. Y
John G. Henry
Des Moines
Fannie and
Mollie
Swartz Crawford
Weddings of a Week Wineman Hoofring
Charles E. Wineman of Homer City and Miss Bertha E. Hoofring of Vandergrift wed at the Vandergrift Presbyterian parsonage. Wineman works in the Vandergrift Pennsylvania Railroad freight office. they will live there. Dr Albert W. Clark and Miss Harriet Doran, longtime Adrian Hospital staff, married in Dubois and will reside in Ernest where he will serve the coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wineman-Hoofring
Charles E. Wineman
Homer City
Bertha
E. Hoofring
Vandergrift
Presbyterian Church
H.R. Johnston
Wineman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Clark-Doran
Albert W. Clark
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Harriet Doran
Dubois
Ernest
Clark
Local Weddings Shine Through Area Clergy
S M Myers of Sanoma wed Miss Jennie Bryan daughter of Mr and Mrs William Bryan of Rayne township in the bride s home with about 50 guests officiated by Rev J I McCoy. Allen Gromley Blairsville couple wed at Greensburg United Presbyterian parsonage. Cummins of town and Renyan of Homer City marry December 12 at Rev Day Brownlee s residence. McCoy of Kayne township marries Miss Charlotte Marlin of Willet at West End Hotel. Long and Blanche George wed at Christian church parsonage with Rev Lee Perry. Kimmell Calhoun Elderton pair wed at bride s home. Fisher and Mins Mie Blairsville wed by Rev Pershing. Prof A Campbell Armagh visiting. to conduct a 12 week school at Hannestown next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Myers
Sanoma
Jennie Bryan
William Bryan
Rayne Township
J. i. McCoy
Cubibinus- Runyan
Percy R. Cummins
Town
Jennie S. Renyan
Homer City
J. Day Brownlee
Church Street
Harry B. McCoy
Kayne Township
Charlotte Marlin
Willet
West End
Ne Place
J.N. Me
Long-Ggeorge Simpson Long
Blanche George
Strongstown
Christian Church
Rev
Lee Perry
A. Campbell
Armagh
Campbell
Hannesburg
A. Berkogs
Johnstown
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Aleb. Winnip
Mary Dagect
Buffalo
N.Y
Wniiting
F. H. Green
Gree
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
Ind
Normal
Greensburg
Indiana Normal School Alumni Association
Westmoreland County
Thomas Sutton
Charles McComnish
Walter Mitchell
Miss Leonard
Frazer
Elliot Owens
John Clark
West Wheatfield Township
Robinson
School Directors’ Department of the State Educational Association
Assembly Hall
Harrisburg
Mars
Martha Blakley
John Blakley
Lebanon
David Blakley
E. L. Ralston
West Union United Presbyterian Elurch Cemetery
West Lebanon
Francis TT Mouse
Francis Rittenhouse
Cherryhill
Salem Church
Canoe Townships
Faust
Elumed
J. Bo Rittenhouse
Conenaugh
W. Rittenhouse
Keyser
W. Wa
Michael Faith
Michael Faithwen
South Seventh Street
Faith
Co. K
P. W
Jacob
Joseph
Emma
Mrs. Bell
Armstrong , Township
Sadie Boyle
Robert Bayle
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
We Harri
G. W. Baker
Saltsbury
Allegheny
United States
William Baker
Nebraska
Salisburg
Aas L. Barnes
Eve Fritz
John Fritz
Center Township
James
Greenwood
Ebert Blose
John Blose
West Mahoning Township
Bull Proceedings of Farmers’ Institutes
Shelocta
Blacklick Creek
Indiana Amateur Athletic Association
Seanor
Burke
Ispraxa
Graceton
Frank Rees
Peaceton
Lutheran Chapel
Earl Pollock
Spokane
Wash
O. P. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
William Stanley
Miss Pollock
Wehrum Bank
Charles A. Cunningham
Farmers’ Bank
National Bank of
H.C. Winters
Winters
Harry EK
A. MacNeel
John Bennett
Mabon, Bennett & Co
Mr. MacNeel
Rossiter
Reform School
Neal
Frank Stephens
Hoff
Morganza Reform School
Font
Lincoln McFeaters
J. S. Johnston
School Street
East End
Pittsbar
W. E. McCoy
C. 4. Stewart
Ineutate
Mt. Stewart
Dateborough
Jounstown
Luis County
Harry 4. Neal
Trade City
Western University of Pennsylvania
Au Iodiana
Misses Grace
Klingensmuth
Gertrude Lemon
Miriam
Maud
Madge Cameron
Alfred University
Alfred
Mudie
Anna May Watson
St. Xaviers
Helen Elkin
Marshall Seminary
Glenevieve Prothero
Wilson College
Chambersburg
James G. Fisher
Medical College
Washington, D. C
Plumville
Charles. W
Sara E. Thomas
Metropolis
Rome
Clyde Guthrie
John Te
Baltimore
Janee Mi Colt Hamilton
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